CURRENT MISSION

Making sure I'm not taking life too seriously.

ABOUT ME

Super easy going. The idea of couch surfing is what I am all about. Looking out for your fellow wanderers and they'll look out for you when it comes your time. Just being respectful and considerate is all that is really needed.

I love traveling and wonder if there will ever come a point in my life where I am not planning my next trip. I love learning about the diversity of life, and the commonalities that tie even the most different of people together. I like to hear people's stories and learn from them. I am working on my spiritual side and trying to work more time into the daily grind for meditation and self-reflection. Constantly curious about and amazed by the world we live in and the mysteries of our existence.

I am currently attending medical school at the University of Michigan.

PHILOSOPHY

Buddhist proclivities... Try to rest in beginner's mind. Practice non-attachment. Believe in basic goodness.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I currently live in a house with four other guys . Everyone is friendly, but since we're all med students and about to start clinical rotations, we have to play hosting by ear.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed with about ten hosts so far in the states, and I have been completely blown away at each and every experience. People of all different ages, all different backgrounds, etc., yet all among the kindest and most interesting people I've ever met. THIS SITE IS THE BOMB.

Interests

Cooking, nature, traveling, environment, agriculture, learning, snowboarding, music, people, philosophy, language, culture

• environment
• dining
• cooking
• meditation
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• snowboarding
• tennis
• racquetball
• golf
• agriculture
• environmental studies
• languages
• medicine
• ultimate frisbee
• frisbee
• nutrition
• herbal medicine
• natural medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Select faves...

Books:
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Bringing it to the Table by Wendell Berry
No Boundaries by Ken Wilber
With Bitter Herbs They Shall Eat It: Chemical Ecology and the Origins of Human Diet and Medicine by Timothy Johns

Movies/TV:
Forest Gump
Dumb and Dumber
Pulp Fiction
Most Quentin Tarantino's
Moonlight
I Heart Huckabees
American Psycho
The Men who Stare at Goats
Twin Peaks
Planet Earth
Breaking Bad

Music:
Bonobo
Gramatik
Emancipator
Vanilla
Odesza
Radiohead
IAM
Thrice
Rx Bandits
Pinback
Iron & Wine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A 10-week road trip across the US and back... Thanks to friends, family, and CS, we did not stay in a single hotel or hostel!

Road trip / pow chase in Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, and France.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach/share:
I love language, and might be able to teach some English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. Always down to shoot the shit on issues related to food, health, and environment. Happy to share cooking and fermentation 'skills' - all I know comes from trial, error, love and luck. I could also teach how to tie shoes (over, under, around and through / meet Mr. Bunny Rabbit, pull and through).

Learn/share:
Languages, especially Arabic, Mandarin, or Italian. I love to learn about different philosophies - secular, religious, or whatever. Also, plant/fungi foraging skills, and all kinds of cooking, fermenting and other food prep!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Depending on the situation and the host, I like to cook as a gesture of appreciation. Even been known to do dishes for fun on occasion.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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